Designing a Free Mo module
A while ago, I wrote about the Free-Mo modular standard. This month I thought I would share my thought processes…
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Passengers were the missing element on the daily Amtrak trains operating over my HO Ohio Southern until I discovered sets…
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How to clean a dirty diesel locomotive Q: I just bought a 35-year-old Athearn HO SD45 painted as Electro-Motive Division’s…
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Steel slab loads have been the subject of many reader questions, including some looking for ways to simulate hot-steel loads.…
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How to re-stencil reporting marks: If you’ve waited at a grade crossing recently, you’ve probably noticed many freight cars with…
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Two interesting freelanced HO flatcar and gondola loads can be made out of plastic parts from used Bic disposable razors.…
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Electro-Motive Division’s NW5 history Electro-Motive Division’s NW5: Steam was still king when Electro-Motive Division (EMD) produced the NW5 diesel locomotive.…
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Realistic operations on a raised railroad: In my first garden railroad, (see Garden Railways May-June 1990), The Great Lakes and…
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We share five ways to make durable signs for your large-scale structures. Methods include using decals, vinyl stencils, styrene and…
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Facts & features Name: Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Scale: N (1:160) Size: 48 x 96 feet Prototypes: Great Northern;…
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Facts & features Name: The Baraboo Subdivision Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 10 x 24 feet Prototype: Chicago & North Western…
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Name: Richard (Al) Phillips’ O gauge layout Dimensions: 11 x 12 feet Track: GarGraves, Lionel (diameters range from 27 to…
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